Chapter 73

He opened his eyes and cast everything before aside.

Ye Qingxuan began to experience the cultivation speed of his three spiritual roots. After a preliminary attempt at cultivation, he found that his ability to absorb and convert spiritual energy had increased significantly.

Since he cultivated the Earth Immortal Body, his physique was formidable, and his meridians could now withstand the scouring of spiritual energy without fear.

With the constraints of the physical body removed, Ye Qingxuan's current cultivation speed was four times that of a single spiritual root.

Originally, with his single spiritual root cultivation speed, Ye Qingxuan might have needed four hundred years to advance from the late Purple Mansion realm to the peak of the Purple Mansion realm.

But now, possessing three spiritual roots, he would likely only need about a hundred more years to break through to the peak of the Purple Mansion realm.

Reaching the peak of the Purple Mansion realm meant that energy accumulation was sufficient, granting him the opportunity to break through to the Jin Dan realm.

Many cultivators with insufficient talent simply outlived themselves while struggling along the path of energy accumulation.

If he could possess four spiritual roots, relying on the environment of the Xuan Tian Sect, Ye Qingxuan would only need about fifty years to break through to the peak of the Purple Mansion realm.

Unfortunately, this was not realistic. Even with the dual effects of a second-grade cave heaven and blessed land, his fourth spiritual root would take a full twelve hundred years to nurture.

In the short term, his talent could not improve again.

"However, it does not matter. Take it slowly, no rush!"

Ye Qingxuan was indeed not in a hurry; he was quite satisfied with his current cultivation pace.

Backed by the Xuan Tian Sect, he could hide until the end of time. As long as he did not make a move, who could threaten him? "Now, it is time to forge my innate magic treasure!"

He had another hundred years before he could break through to the Jin Dan realm. Before that, he needed to forge the prototype of his innate magic treasure.

Innate magic treasures were special, bound to the cultivator's life and death. Their forging required divine materials with the property of growth, ensuring they could evolve alongside the cultivator's cultivation base.

The best time for an innate magic treasure to take shape was when breaking through to the Jin Dan realm and condensing the Jin Dan.

Moreover, an innate magic treasure had to be forged by one's own hands. The forging process could not be tainted by the aura of outsiders; otherwise, once formed, the treasure could not fully bind to the cultivator's life and death, and thus would not count as an innate magic treasure.

"However, which type of innate magic treasure should I choose to forge?"

Ye Qingxuan recalled the methods for forging various innate magic treasures from the Earth Immortal inheritance in his mind.

Given the materials currently accessible to him, the options were limited. After all, materials with growth properties were still too difficult for Ye Qingxuan to access at present.

In fact, many cultivators, limited by forging methods and materials, could only forge what were considered pseudo-innate magic treasures.

A pseudo-innate magic treasure was one where high-grade materials lacking growth properties were used from the start. A treasure master would forge the prototype, and the cultivator would then refine and nourish it bit by bit.

As cultivation improved, the pseudo-innate magic treasure could be continuously perfected until it reached the upper limit of the materials used.

Later, new materials could even be continuously integrated to continuously strengthen the pseudo-innate magic treasure.

Aside from being unable to absorb energy to automatically grow and transform, and unable to truly bind to the cultivator's life and death, pseudo-innate magic treasures had no other adverse effects and would not hinder the cultivator's cultivation.

Pseudo-innate magic treasures could also achieve a very high degree of compatibility with the cultivator. Even, once the cultivator reached a certain realm, they could completely reforge the pseudo-innate magic treasure, turning it into a true innate magic treasure to carry their Dao.

Many cultivators were not even willing to refine a pseudo-innate magic treasure.

After all, whether refining an innate magic treasure or a pseudo-innate magic treasure, it required great effort and consumed significant resources. Ordinary cultivators might not be able to afford it.

For ordinary cultivators, the path ahead was clear at a glance. There was no need for elaborate efforts; after breaking through a realm, they would simply switch to a new magic treasure.

Although this meant their combat power within the same realm would be slightly lower, as long as it did not affect their cultivation speed, many cultivators did not care. Or rather, they simply lacked the funds, the forging inheritance, the extra time, or the mindset to care about such things.

But Ye Qingxuan was different. He had obtained the Earth Immortal inheritance and possessed the forging methods for various innate magic treasures.

With no lifespan limit and no urgent need to cultivate constantly, he had enough time to gather materials and refine his innate magic treasure.

Although he was currently hiding in the background, with the Xuan Tian Sect shielding him in the front, his true body might not have the opportunity to make a move for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

But this did not mean Ye Qingxuan did not wish to pursue higher combat power.

Having the power to suppress everything but not using it, versus not having the power to suppress everything at all, were two completely different matters!

After carefully reviewing the forging methods for all innate magic treasures in the Earth Immortal inheritance, Ye Qingxuan ultimately chose the World Map as his innate magic treasure.

The reason for choosing the World Map as his innate magic treasure was twofold.

First, the World Map was the innate magic treasure most compatible with the Earth Immortal Dao.

With cave heavens and blessed lands as a reference, the nurturing and growth process of the World Map would be much smoother.

Second, most other innate magic treasures were weapons of fixed shapes, offering little plasticity.

But the World Map was different. Depending on what was inscribed upon it, the effects it displayed would vary.

Furthermore, if Ye Qingxuan arrayed a great formation of a world upon the World Map, carrying a great formation with him, the explosive power would be far greater than that of a simple offensive innate magic treasure.

Third, there was the issue of materials.

The primary material for forging the World Map was the World Embryo Membrane. This membrane was a special material formed when the boundary of a world shattered and merged with chaotic energy. It could automatically absorb energy to grow continuously.

And in the extraterrestrial battlefield currently opened in the Di Xuan Realm, there was a high probability that such materials existed.

Compared to the Life Gold, Eternal Divine Gold, Time Crystals, and Space Cores required for other innate magic treasures, Ye Qingxuan had absolutely no leads on these materials.

Moreover, unlike the unremarkable World Embryo Membrane, the emergence of other materials would inevitably cause strange phenomena. Even if found, Ye Qingxuan would not be able to obtain them.

But the World Embryo Membrane was different. When not in contact with chaotic energy, it resembled a black skin bag, utterly unremarkable, attracting no attention, and easily overlooked for its value.

If the Tian Fu Shop acquired items from the extraterrestrial battlefield within the Xuan Tian Sect, there would be a certain probability of finding a bargain. Although the hope was slim, it was far better than having no leads at all.

For now, Ye Qingxuan was simply taking one step and seeing where it led.

Perhaps, if he obtained other divine materials along the way, he would choose to forge a different innate magic treasure.

In the short term, Ye Qingxuan had two major goals:

The first was to use the developed Nuclear Explosion Elixir series to acquire sufficient resources.

The second was to acquire materials from the extraterrestrial battlefield and see if he could find a bargain to purchase the World Embryo Membrane.

Alternatively, he could try to find other divine materials for forging innate magic treasures. However, this was almost impossible, and Ye Qingxuan could not make a public spectacle of acquiring these divine materials.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan basically pinned his hopes for forging his own innate magic treasure on the extraterrestrial battlefield.

After confirming his short-term plans, Ye Qingxuan hesitated no longer and directly exited his seclusion.

(End of this chapter)